Football betting
Football offers the widest choice of markets in most sportsbooks, from the simple match result to dozens of specials for a single game. This page explains the main markets in plain terms. It does not quote odds or margins at Nine, which change with every event and depend on your account; open the event in the sportsbook to see current prices.
Core markets
- 1X2 (match result) — home win, draw or away win after regular time, including stoppage time but not extra time or penalties.
- Double chance — two of the three outcomes in one bet, for example home or draw.
- Draw no bet — stake returned if the match is drawn.
- Over/under goals — total goals above or below a line such as 2.5.
- Both teams to score — yes or no.
- Asian handicap — one team starts with a goal advantage or deficit, removing the draw or splitting the stake across two lines.
- Correct score and scorers — higher prices, lower probability.
Rules that cause surprises
Most football markets are settled on regular time only. A bet on a team to win does not count a win on penalties unless the market says «to qualify» or «to lift the trophy». Player markets may be void if the player does not start. Abandoned matches have their own rules. The sportsbook's rules page lists these details per market.
Live football
In-play markets move with every attack and suspend after goals, penalties and red cards. Prices can change between the moment you tap and the moment the bet is accepted; an option to accept price changes may be in the bet slip settings. Cash-out, where offered, lets you settle early at a price set by the bookmaker, which includes a margin.
Penalties in the sportsbook versus penalty casino games
A real penalty shootout can be a betting market — who wins the shootout, whether a specific kick is scored. Its price depends on real players. A penalty-themed casino game such as Penalty Duel With Julio Cesar, or the national-team flavoured J Mania Goal Nations, produces random outcomes with a return fixed by the game's design, readable in its info panel. Your knowledge of football helps only in the first case. Do not treat a run of goals in a casino game as a sign of anything, and do not use football tips to choose stakes in it.
Accumulators on football
Combining several matches multiplies the prices and the margins. The more legs, the larger the payout and the lower the chance that all of them win. See bet types for the arithmetic.
Budget
A full weekend of football can mean dozens of bets. Decide a weekly amount in advance and use deposit limits to hold it.